On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, we again dedicate the entire session to discuss the numerous worldwide implications of the COVID-19 virus. Our guests include Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners; Michael Herson, President and CEO, American Defense International, Gordon Adams, PhD, Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute and Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Topics
— Update on US efforts to counter the economic impact
— Market reaction to mitigation efforts
— Defense spending implications of mitigation
— Impact on smaller defense and aerospace contractors
— Implications of the decision to invoke the Defense Production Act
— Ramifications on US presidential and congressional elections
— Outlook for rising European defense spending
